The recipient entity's physical address:
           *** Confidential Address ***

The recipient entity's mailing address (if different):
           2505 Renwick Street, Monroe, LA 71201

Type of Entity (for instance, a nonprofit corporation):  Non-Profit Corporation

If the entity is a corporation, list the names of the incorporators:
          KIRSEN WALTERS
MICHELLE CARTER

The last four digits of the entity's taxpayer ID number:  9063

What is the dollar amount of the request?  $350,000

What type of request is this?  Both

Is this entity in good standing with the Secretary of State?  Yes

Provide the name of each member of the recipient entity's governing board and officers:
           GOVERNING BOARD AND OFFICERS

Kirsen Walters, President
2505 Renwick Street
Monroe, LA

Tania Lemus, Treasurer
2505 Renwick Street
Monroe, LA

Sandra Turner, Secretary/Director
2505 Renwick Street
Monroe, LA

Chandra Mitchell
2505 Renwick Street
Monroe, LA

EXECUTIVE AND PROGRAM LEADERSHIP

Kirsen Walters, President and Founder/Director
2505 Renwick Street
Monroe, LA

Provide a summary of the project or program:
           Shaping Our Future Teenagers (S.O.F.T.) is a youth development and prevention organization dedicated to providing safe, structured, and supportive environments for disadvantaged and at-risk boys and young men throughout Northeast Louisiana. The program seeks to address youth homelessness, housing instability, juvenile delinquency, educational challenges, family disruption, and the lack of essential resources that prevent young people from reaching their full potential.

Through supervised residential services, mentoring, educational assistance, life-skills development, counseling referrals, financial literacy, workforce readiness, and transitional support, S.O.F.T. will help participants develop independence, personal responsibility, emotional stability, and positive decision-making skills.

The initiative will partner with schools, community organizations, social service agencies, and other resource providers to connect youth with essential assistance and supportive relationships. State funding will support program personnel, housing-related operations, transportation, educational resources, youth development activities, and other eligible services necessary to establish and sustain a comprehensive youth support system.

What is the budget relative to the project for which funding is requested?:
          Salaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . $90,000
          Professional Services. . . $35,000
          Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . $35,000
          Acquisitions . . . . . . . . . $100,000
          Major Repairs . . . . . . . $100,000
          Operating Services. . . . $40,000
          Other Charges. . . . . . . $10,000

Does your organization have any outstanding audit issues or findings?  No

If 'Yes' is your organization working with the appropriate governmental agencies to resolve those issues or findings?
          Not Applicable

What is the entity's public purpose, sought to be achieved through the use of state monies?
          Shaping Our Future Teenagers (S.O.F.T.) is dedicated to providing safe, stable, and structured residential care exclusively for youth placed through the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). Our program is designed to support vulnerable youth experiencing foster care placement needs, family instability, trauma, and other circumstances requiring a supervised and supportive living environment. Through residential care, mentoring, educational assistance, life-skills development, financial literacy, workforce readiness, and access to appropriate support services, we seek to promote stability, personal growth, and successful transitions into adulthood. State funding will assist in establishing and maintaining a supportive residential environment that meets the needs of DCFS-placed youth while promoting their safety, well-being, education, and long-term independence.

What are the goals and objectives for achieving such purpose?
          Our goals are to establish and operate a safe, structured residential facility serving youth placed exclusively through DCFS while providing the supervision, guidance, and resources necessary for their development and well-being. We seek to provide consistent residential care, educational support, mentoring, counseling referrals, life-skills training, financial literacy, conflict resolution, healthy relationship education, and preparation for independent living. Working in coordination with DCFS and other authorized service providers, we aim to support individualized service plans, strengthen positive behavior, improve educational engagement, and equip youth with practical skills for successful adulthood. Our long-term objective is to develop a sustainable residential care program that provides stability, accountability, positive adult guidance, and opportunities for youth to achieve their personal, educational, and developmental goals.

What is the proposed length of time estimated by the entity to accomplish the purpose?
           3 to 4 years

If any elected or appointed state official or an immediate family member of such an official is an officer, director, trustee, or employee of the recipient entity who receives compensation or holds any ownership interest therein:
     (a) If an elected or appointed state official, the name and address of the official and the office held by such person:
                 NA
    
     (b) If an immediate family member of an elected or appointed state official, the name and address of such person; the name, address, and office of the official to whom the person is related; and the nature of the relationship:
                 NA

     (c) The percentage of the official's or immediate family member's ownership interest in the recipient entity, if any:
                 NA

     (d) The position, if any, held by the official or immediate family member in the recipient entity:
                  NA

If the recipient entity has a contract with any elected or appointed state official or an immediate family member of such an official or with the state or any political subdivision of the state:
(a) If the contract is with an elected or appointed state official, provide the name and address of the official and the office held by such person: 
               NA

(b) If the contract is with an immediate family member of an elected or appointed state official:
          Provide the name and address of such person:
               NA

          Provide the name, address, and office of the official to whom the person is related:
                NA

          What is the nature of the relationship?  NA

(c) If the contract is with the state or a political subdivision of the state, provide the name and address of the state entity or political subdivision of the state:
                 NA

(d) The nature of the contract, including a description of the goods or services provided or to be provided pursuant to the contract:
               NA


Contact Information
name:  KIRSEN WALTERS 
                                       address:  301 SOUTH 26TH STREET
MONROE, LA 71201
                                       phone:  3187328814
                                       fax: 
                                       e-mail:  shapingourfutureteenagers2025@gmail.com
                                       relationship to entity:  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR